Marjorie Cox Crawford

Marjorie Cox Crawford
Country (sports) Australia
Born 1903
Died 1983
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open F (1931)
French Open 2R (1933)
Wimbledon 1R (1932)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open W (1932)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open W (1931, 1932, 1933)

Marjorie Cox Crawford (née Cox; 1903–1983) was an Australian tennis player who reached at least the singles quarterfinals at the Australian Championships seven out of the nine times she played the event. Her best result was a runner-up finish in 1931, losing to Coral McInnes Buttsworth in three sets.

Crawford teamed with Buttsworth in 1932 to win the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships. Crawford was the runner-up in that event in 1926 (teaming with Daphne Akhurst Cozens) and 1930 (teaming with Sylvia Lance Harper). She also partnered with Jack Crawford, a six-time winner of singles titles in Grand Slam tournaments and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, to win the mixed doubles title at the Australian Championships in 1931, 1932, and 1933. They were the runners-up in 1929 and 1930. The couple married in Sydney on 28 February 1930.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1931 Australian Championships Grass Coral Buttsworth 6–1, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 3 (1 titles, 2 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1926 Australian Championships Grass Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd Robertson
Meryl O'Hara Wood
3–6, 8–6, 3–6
Loss 1930 Australian Championships Grass Sylvia Lance Harper Emily Hood Westacott
Margaret Molesworth
3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Win 1932 Australian Championships Grass Coral Buttsworth Kathleen Le Messurier
Dorothy Weston
6–2, 6–2

Mixed doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1929 Australian Championships Grass Jack Crawford Daphne Akhurst
Edgar Moon
6–0, 7–5
Loss 1930 Australian Championships Grass Jack Crawford Nell Hall Hopman
Harry Hopman
9–11, 6–3, 3–6
Win 1931 Australian Championships Grass Jack Crawford Emily Hood Westacott
Aubrey Willard
7–5, 6–4
Win 1932 Australian Championships Grass Jack Crawford Nell Hall Hopman
Jiro Sato
6–8, 8–6, 6–3
Win 1933 Australian Championships Grass Jack Crawford Marjorie Gladman
Ellsworth Vines
3–6, 7–5, 13–11

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 Career SR
Australian Championships QF SF QF 2R SF QF F QF 2R 0 / 9
French Championships A A A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1
Wimbledon A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1
U.S. Championships A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 11

See also